Ep. 778: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXXXVI

Spencer Neuharth https://www.instagram.com/spencerneuharth/?hl=en hosts MeatEater Trivia with Dr. Solomon David, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Nate Mason, Logan Dove, and Jon Montresor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/meateater, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/, Twitter https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg, and YouTube Clips https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork Shop Trivia Merch https://store.themeateater.com/collections/meateater-trivia/?lang=en_US See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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• 2:23Speaker 03

  Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I'm your host Spencer Newhart, and today we're joined by Randall, Brody, John, Nate, Max, and Dr. Solomon David. This episode of Trivia is brought to you by Land.com. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meat Eater's four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, and there is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $500 to the conservation organization of the winner's choosing. Dr. David is a guest on an upcoming episode of Meat Eater. Give folks a preview of what we talked about with you for two hours.

• 2:57Speaker 04

  Yeah, thanks for having me Spencer and everybody. Yeah, so I'm Dr. Solomon David. I'm at University of Minnesota in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. My area of expertise is fish ecology, particularly those underappreciated fish like gars, which we've got an alligator gar skull right here, buffalo, suckers, those types of native, non-game fish, and how we can kind of use those to learn about conservation and management of our natural resources.

• 3:23Speaker 03

  Longtime appreciator of the native rough fish here at Trivia. Our logo, Dr. David, is a squirrel riding a fish. Do you know what kind of fish that is?

• 3:31Speaker 04

  It looks like a red horse to me.

• 3:33Speaker 03

  That is absolutely a short-haired red horse. That's our logo. That's on everything we do for Trivia.

• 3:38Speaker 05

  So he wasn't making it all up?

• 3:39Speaker 04

  Macristoma macrolepidotum, if we want to get it.

• 3:42Speaker 03

  All right, that's more like it. Say it again, what is it?

• 3:46Speaker 04

  Macristoma macrolepidotum. Short-haired red horse. Say that 10 times fast.

• 3:51Speaker 03

  Trivia strengths and weaknesses when it comes to hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking. What do you think?

• 3:56Speaker 04

  You saw all of my strengths in that scientific name and the description, so that's about it. I would say fishing, if it's about actual fish, and maybe conservation, but I'm gonna make you all look good.

• 4:08Speaker 03

  All right, we'll find out. Here's our infrequently asked questions segment. If you have a trivia-related question for our crew, send it to [email protected] with the subject line IFAQ. Multiple listeners want to know, where is Chester? Chester moved away. He moved back to Wisconsin.

• 4:23Speaker 04

  We have, but it keeps coming.

• 4:27Speaker 03

  He's some, yeah, this is actually an FAQ, not an IFAQ. Uh, Max has had to replace Chester is our lovable northern person here in the office.

• 4:37Speaker 05

  That's news to me.

• 4:38Speaker 03

  Well, someone on radio asked a few weeks ago what you do here at Mediter Max.

• 4:41Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 4:41Speaker 03

  And you've, you've replaced Chester of that niche of just like really nice.

• 4:46Speaker 05

  Being a midwesterner?

• 4:46Speaker 03

  Yeah, nor- very nor- northern part.

• 4:49Speaker 05

  Northern, okay.

• 4:49Speaker 03

  Yeah, way up there.

• 4:51Speaker 06

  Kinda, kinda Steve's, uh, waterfowl guide these days.

• 4:55Speaker 05

  Yeah, sure seems like it.

• 4:56Speaker 03

  Mm-hmm. You guys got into some birds.

• 4:59Speaker 05

  Yeah, youth opener.

• 5:00Speaker 03

  Mm-hmm. So you weren't pulling the trigger?

• 5:02Speaker 05

  I was not. Uh, that was two weeks ago. Yeah, Steve pulled the trigger on the crane, which is really cool. It was pretty funny because like every time we heard crane, Steve was like, Jimmy, give me, give me your gun, give me your gun. Cause he was the only one with the crane permit.

• 5:14Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 5:14Speaker 05

  Um, so yeah, that was pretty hilarious.

• 5:16Speaker 03

  Chester wasn't gonna guide Steve to any birds if he still lived here. So you, you've got that.

• 5:20Speaker 05

  Maybe some fish?

• 5:21Speaker 03

  Maybe the fish.

• 5:22Speaker 06

  So Steve upgraded, is what you're saying?

• 5:24Speaker 05

  Ooh, it depends if you like fish or.

• 5:26Speaker 06

  Chester, we miss you, come back.

• 5:28Speaker 03

  All right, we have some housekeeping. Uh, in a previous episode, I was clowned for my pronunciation of the small furry animal that's spelled P-I-K-A. Well, according to the book Cascade Olympic Natural History, Daniel Matthews says that while most Americans say pika, the rest of the world says pika. And Merriam-Webster has two acceptable pronunciations, providing audio for both. Play it, Phil. Pika. Pika. Mmm, so which, which one? You could either sound like Brody.

• 5:58Speaker 05

  I would say pika.

• 5:59Speaker 03

  And say pika.

• 6:00Speaker 06

  No, no, as a, as a child raised on Pokemon, it's pika.

• 6:06Speaker 03

  Pika. So Brody, you can say it pika.

• 6:10Speaker 06

  I, I'll never say it that way.

• 6:12Speaker 03

  All right. Now, the Shelby index for today is a five, so I'm putting us on perfect score list. And with that, we're on to the game of trivia.

• 6:21Speaker 05

  Here we go.

• 6:24Speaker 07

  Look, I need to know what I stand to win. Everything. How's that? Just tend to win everything.

• 6:38Speaker 03

  Game on, suckers. You know, Solomon, a lot of people think this is a carp. And I always correct them. I say, no, no, that is a short head.

• 6:45Speaker 04

  I appreciate that. Doing the good work.

• 6:48Speaker 05

  I feel like the TV is angled too far towards Spencer.

• 6:52Speaker 03

  Oh, wow.

• 6:53Speaker 05

  I'd like more of the TV.

• 6:54Speaker 03

  Bill, can you help him out?

• 6:55Speaker 04

  Solomon, do you know what you call fish with no eyes? Uh, I... Go ahead. Shh. Nice. Thanks for letting me have that one.

• 7:02Speaker 03

  Question one.

• 7:04Speaker 05

  Thanks, Bill.

• 7:05Speaker 03

  Is hunting.

• 7:05Speaker 04

  Is that one of the questions?

• 7:07Speaker 03

  This first question is going to be multiple choice, and it's brought to you by land.com. Of these states, which has the cheapest farmland per acre? Is it Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, or Indiana?

• 7:26Speaker 03

  Of these states, which has the cheapest farmland per acre? And this data was published by the USDA in 2025, just last month. Is it Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Indiana? Which one has the cheapest farmland per acre?

• 7:45Speaker 04

  Hmm.

• 7:48Speaker 03

  Is everybody ready?

• 7:50Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying Missouri, Nate, Missouri, Randall, Pennsylvania, John, Pennsylvania, Max, Pennsylvania, Brody, Missouri. The correct answer is Missouri.

• 8:07Speaker 04

  We've got all the corn down there.

• 8:08Speaker 03

  Got that one right.

• 8:10Speaker 05

  All them cows, dude.

• 8:11Speaker 03

  Again, this data was published by the USDA in 2025. According to them, Missouri has the cheapest land in the Midwest at $5,000 per acre. Indiana is $8,800, Pennsylvania $8,500, and Wisconsin is $6,400. The most expensive farmland is in Iowa and California, which are over $10,000 per acre, while the least expensive farmland is in Wyoming and New Mexico at $1,000 per acre. Question two, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Titus McKenty. Hatchet and chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as,

• 8:53Speaker 03

  quote, "a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces."

• 9:02Speaker 03

  Hatchet and chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces. John, I know it's not really your fault, but if you want to try to stop squeaking the chair so much.

• 9:16Speaker 06

  Come on, John, quiet down over there.

• 9:19Speaker 05

  Nate, you're a little too rowdy over here. Did you get the first one right? Oh, yeah. Jeez.

• 9:24Speaker 03

  Solomon, Nate, and Brody did get that one right.

• 9:27Speaker 05

  I usually do well in the beginning and then fall apart around question five.

• 9:30Speaker 06

  I usually fall apart after the first one.

• 9:33Speaker 03

  Hatchet and chopper are synonyms for this seven-letter word that's defined as a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces. Brody and Nate and Randall all seem to like their answers. John, do you have this one right?

• 9:47Speaker 06

  No.

• 9:49Speaker 03

  Solomon, how about you?

• 9:50Speaker 04

  I doubt it, but I got seven letters, I think.

• 9:53Speaker 03

  All right. Maxwell?

• 9:55Speaker 04

  That was my main goal. Seven.

• 9:57Speaker 03

  Max, do you give up? Sure.

• 10:01Speaker 05

  John, do you give up?

• 10:03Speaker 06

  Yes.

• 10:04Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying, "Bonesaw." Nate, "Cleaver." Randall, "Cleaver." Max and John without answers. Brody says, "Cleaver." The correct answer is "Cleaver." A recent test from Sirius Eats found that cleaver sharpness is far more important than cleaver weight when it comes to chopping through bones. Their favorite cleaver was a $65 Victorinox that beat out cleavers that were more than three times its price. Question three, the topic is fishing. Does anyone own a cleaver? I don't.

• 10:38Speaker 05

  I got a, what, hex clad? Does that sound right?

• 10:41Speaker 03

  Yeah.

• 10:42Speaker 05

  It works pretty good. Big fan.

• 10:46Speaker 03

  What are you gonna swing that cleaver at this fall, Randall?

• 10:48Speaker 05

  Probably nothing. Probably nothing.

• 10:50Speaker 06

  Frozen pizza, fruit.

• 10:52Speaker 05

  Yeah. I've got that, you know, one of the butchering kits that I bought 15 years ago. It's got seven knives and I used two of them.

• 11:01Speaker 03

  How about you, Brody? Do you use a cleaver at home?

• 11:03Speaker 06

  Now and then, yeah.

• 11:05Speaker 03

  Question three, the topic is fishing. Smallmouth, bigmouth, and black are all types of this sucker.

• 11:12Speaker 06

  I was so close.

• 11:15Speaker 04

  Just putting bass down.

• 11:16Speaker 03

  Yeah. Smallmouth, bigmouth, and black are all types of this sucker. This is a bone for our guest.

• 11:28Speaker 04

  Do you need scientific names too?

• 11:31Speaker 03

  Uh, for you, we could, we could do that. Uh, the rest of the room will just accept the common name. Brody, you have this one right?

• 11:40Speaker 06

  I think so.

• 11:41Speaker 03

  Okay, how about you Nate?

• 11:42Speaker 05

  Nope.

• 11:42Speaker 03

  Randall?

• 11:43Speaker 05

  I think so.

• 11:44Speaker 03

  Smallmouth, bigmouth, and black are all types of this sucker.

• 11:55Speaker 03

  Brody, do you like Max's answer?

• 11:56Speaker 06

  No.

• 11:59Speaker 03

  Max is now erasing.

• 12:00Speaker 04

  No, I'll stick with this. Stick with your gut.

• 12:03Speaker 03

  Okay.

• 12:05Speaker 03

  John, do you have an answer? I do not. Do you give up? Yeah. Go ahead and reveal your answer. We have Solomon saying buffalo, Nate.

• 12:14Speaker 04

  All right.

• 12:14Speaker 03

  Nate, buffalo. Randall buffalo. John without an answer. Max says common. Brody says buffalo. The correct answer is the buffalo.

• 12:25Speaker 04

  Right.

• 12:25Speaker 03

  Bigmouth buffalo are the biggest and oldest sucker fish in North America. They can, uh, they can reach weights of 70 pounds and live longer than 100 years. Their native range stretches from Manitoba to Alabama. Uh, Solomon, I actually came across two other species of buffalo that I didn't know existed until I was writing this question. Do you know what they are?

• 12:45Speaker 04

  Besides the three that you mentioned?

• 12:46Speaker 03

  Yes.

• 12:46Speaker 04

  Oh.

• 12:47Speaker 03

  What about buffalo carp?

• 12:48Speaker 04

  We've got all three of those in Minnesota that you mentioned. What are those other ones?

• 12:52Speaker 03

  The other two I didn't know about are fleshy lip buffalo and southern buffalo.

• 12:56Speaker 04

  Interesting.

• 12:57Speaker 06

  Is that just splitters like doing their flitting thing?

• 13:00Speaker 03

  Well, if our rough fish biologist doesn't know, then yes.

• 13:03Speaker 04

  Suckers, there, there are like 80 species of sucker, so, uh, it's not terribly surprising, but that's, that's impressive. I, I learned some in fleshy lip and southern.

• 13:10Speaker 03

  Okay. Tell us some other cool stuff about buffalo. Why we should like buffalo so much.

• 13:14Speaker 04

  Yeah, the bigmouth buffalo is one of our largest planktivorous fish. So they get huge, but they eat plankton. So they actually compete with invasive carp and they can live for over a hundred years. Uh, they actually improve their health as they get older. So there's some that they found down in Arizona, they're introduced, um, that, uh, um, are over a hundred years old. They've been there since 1917, 1920, and their health is actually better than the younger ones, so.

• 13:37Speaker 03

  You've eaten buffalo?

• 13:38Speaker 04

  I have buffalo ribs, actually, just, uh, last weekend. They're really good.

• 13:42Speaker 03

  There's a place in Nebraska that I know serves buffalo ribs. Where did you have yours at?

• 13:47Speaker 04

  Um, we, there was a native fish for tomorrow fundraiser, and it was all about just educating about native fish.

• 13:52Speaker 03

  Give us a review.

• 13:53Speaker 04

  Um, I would say they come off just like actual, you know, flesh off the, you know, meat off the ribs and, uh, you know, not too, not too fishy. So there's a commercial fishery for them? There is in Minnesota.

• 14:04Speaker 03

  Minnesota, there used to be the Outdoor Channel show called Bottom Feeders. Did you ever see that?

• 14:08Speaker 04

  No, I did not.

• 14:09Speaker 03

  It followed some commercial fishermen in Minnesota, uh, who a large part of what they would catch would be channel catfish and buffalo and carp. So, yeah, there's a small commercial fishery. I imagine a lot of that wound up in dog food, but I don't know what, what they were doing with all those buffalo.

• 14:23Speaker 04

  I thought it was great, you know? My kids liked it. Did you have it smoked, grilled? It was, uh, it was fried, mainly, yeah, yeah, yeah. Classic.

• 14:30Speaker 03

  So you can eat the buffalo. Question for the topic is wildlife. This next great question is via John Cromie. This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo lived in Jellystone Park.

• 14:47Speaker 04

  Boo Boo?

• 14:48Speaker 03

  This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo.

• 14:52Speaker 04

  Right.

• 14:52Speaker 03

  Lived in Jellystone Park.

• 14:55Speaker 04

  Can't believe I actually know one.

• 14:56Speaker 03

  Okay, Solomon is gonna have his third question correct.

• 15:00Speaker 05

  This isn't, this isn't one of those questions we'd call a differentiator.

• 15:06Speaker 03

  You mean like you and Randall, or excuse me, you and Brody are both gonna get it right?

• 15:09Speaker 06

  I, I don't know, like something popped into my head, but I'm just doubting it.

• 15:13Speaker 05

  I need a, I need a question that, at this point, that Nate won't get.

• 15:17Speaker 03

  Okay, Nate, do you have this one, right?

• 15:19Speaker 05

  Dude, it maybe, maybe.

• 15:22Speaker 03

  This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo lived in Jellystone Park.

• 15:26Speaker 06

  I remember despising this cartoon.

• 15:30Speaker 03

  Okay, there's a hint.

• 15:31Speaker 05

  But you've come to appreciate it as an adult.

• 15:35Speaker 04

  Or as a, as a father?

• 15:36Speaker 03

  Hmm.

• 15:37Speaker 06

  No, I, I, like, it's probably not even on.

• 15:39Speaker 03

  Oh, okay, more hints.

• 15:41Speaker 04

  It's pretty old school, but.

• 15:42Speaker 03

  Max, do you like your answer based on what you've heard so far?

• 15:45Speaker 06

  Did you not read the question?

• 15:48Speaker 03

  Max's answer was Boo Boo. Is that what he wrote down?

• 15:51Speaker 04

  I said Boo Boo the bear.

• 15:54Speaker 03

  Okay.

• 15:54Speaker 05

  Goodness gracious.

• 15:56Speaker 03

  This cartoon animal.

• 15:58Speaker 06

  You need to like read that question a little more.

• 16:00Speaker 05

  This should be like, this should be like the SATs. Isn't it the SATs if you leave a blank? It's just neutral. We should do that.

• 16:08Speaker 04

  Well, I always said we can, we should get negative points out.

• 16:11Speaker 06

  Well, there you go.

• 16:12Speaker 03

  Careful, Max.

• 16:13Speaker 05

  Be careful what you wish for.

• 16:14Speaker 03

  This cartoon animal who had a sidekick named Boo Boo, lived in Jellystone Park.

• 16:21Speaker 03

  Max would rather just take a neutral.

• 16:24Speaker 04

  No.

• 16:25Speaker 05

  It does make sense that

• 16:28Speaker 05

  a cartoon animal named Boo Boo would have a sidekick named Boo Boo. I see where you're coming from.

• 16:33Speaker 03

  Is everybody ready?

• 16:36Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying Yogi, Nate and Randall saying Yogi. John without an answer, Max without an answer, Brody says Yogi. The correct answer is Yogi. Yogi made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character on the Huckleberry Hound Show. He got his own cartoon, The Yogi Bear Show in 1961. The program was sponsored by Kellogg's and featured segments from Snagglepuss and Yakidoodle. Jellystone Park was based on Yellowstone National Park and even had a geyser named Old Faceful. Yellowstone briefly embraced the bear in the 1960s and had signs of Yogi that said, hey kids, don't feed the bears and be sure dad keeps the car windows rolled up.

• 17:22Speaker 03

  Phil has a picture of one of those signs from Yellowstone Park of Yogi, holding that sign.

• 17:28Speaker 07

  Hey Boo Boo.

• 17:30Speaker 05

  I like the bottom of the sign says, over 40 people have been hurt by bears this year.

• 17:36Speaker 03

  Uh, Phil, his other catchphrase was that he's, he's smarter than the average bear. Can you do that?

• 17:41Speaker 05

  Uh, no, but I know he always talked about the picnic basket.

• 17:44Speaker 03

  That's right. Ranger Smith.

• 17:46Speaker 04

  Takes me back.

• 17:47Speaker 03

  Very good. Question five, the topic is conservation. This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates, died on October 1, 2025.

• 18:01Speaker 03

  This might be that question you were looking for Randall with Nate.

• 18:05Speaker 05

  It is.

• 18:05Speaker 03

  Who has a blank whiteboard. This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates, died on October 1, 2025.

• 18:15Speaker 06

  Nate strikes me as the kind of person who doesn't open the news app on his iPhone very often.

• 18:20Speaker 05

  I really only read the journal and they didn't have an article about primates.

• 18:25Speaker 04

  I even got this one. How's that thing you feel?

• 18:27Speaker 05

  One time I almost got in a fight with a gorilla. There's a fun fact.

• 18:30Speaker 04

  Wow.

• 18:30Speaker 05

  In Indonesia.

• 18:32Speaker 04

  Hmm, interesting.

• 18:33Speaker 05

  Right after I rode an elephant. An actual gorilla? Yeah. Well, I don't know. I think it was a gorilla. It was probably an orangutan.

• 18:40Speaker 04

  An orangutan.

• 18:41Speaker 05

  Dude, I have a GoPro video of it.

• 18:43Speaker 04

  I would love to see that.

• 18:46Speaker 05

  Somewhere deep in my Google Drive.

• 18:47Speaker 06

  What does it almost got in a fight?

• 18:49Speaker 05

  Oh, I'll just show you the video.

• 18:50Speaker 04

  Did you have like a standoff like?

• 18:52Speaker 05

  Dude, it was like Planet of the Apes up in here, dude.

• 18:54Speaker 03

  You should just tell people.

• 18:55Speaker 06

  You're like, you wanna go buddy?

• 18:56Speaker 05

  Dude, he threw a rock at me.

• 18:58Speaker 04

  What'd you throw at him?

• 18:59Speaker 05

  Nothing.

• 19:00Speaker 04

  Okay.

• 19:00Speaker 05

  I beat my chest though, so.

• 19:02Speaker 06

  Oh.

• 19:04Speaker 03

  This has all been a distraction from Randall to not get you to answer this Nate.

• 19:07Speaker 05

  I don't know, man.

• 19:09Speaker 03

  This conservationist, who was best known for her work with primates.

• 19:13Speaker 06

  Attaboy.

• 19:14Speaker 03

  Died on October 1, 2025. John, do you have this one? Thanks, Brody. Okay, Nate.

• 19:20Speaker 06

  Oh, I don't know, dude.

• 19:21Speaker 03

  Waiting on you.

• 19:22Speaker 04

  I like how Randall has a Suck It Randall board.

• 19:24Speaker 05

  Yeah, I think it's happened twice now.

• 19:27Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers.

• 19:29Speaker 04

  I didn't spell it right, but I'm missing out.

• 19:31Speaker 03

  Nate saying Laura Bush and then we have Solomon, Randall, John, Max and Brody saying Jane Goodall. They got it. The correct answer is Jane Goodall.

• 19:43Speaker 05

  That's a good answer though.

• 19:44Speaker 04

  R.I.P.

• 19:45Speaker 03

  Dr. Jane Goodall spent over six decades studying chimpanzees in Tanzania. She worked to raise awareness about threats to wildlife and inspire a more harmonious relationship between people and the natural world. Goodall wrote 27 books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Earlier this year, she passed in her sleep at the age of 91. Phil, we're halfway through the game of trivia. Give us a scoreboard update.

• 20:09Speaker 06

  With that question, everyone's on the board now.

• 20:13Speaker 04

  Surprising.

• 20:14Speaker 06

  Jon and Max now have one point. Solomon, Nate and Randall are tied up with four. And in first place is Brody Anderson with five points.

• 20:22Speaker 03

  Good game.

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• 21:38Steven Rinella?

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• 22:07Speaker 03

  Question six. The topic is gear. This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make, quote, "the most innovative mountain equipment in the world."

• 22:21Speaker 03

  Brody and Randall know it, our other four players do not. This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.

• 22:35Speaker 03

  Nate now joining them.

• 22:38Speaker 04

  I'm going through my colors right now.

• 22:39Speaker 05

  Is there a video game company called Red Square?

• 22:44Speaker 03

  Uh, I don't believe so. If it is, if there is, it's not, it's not that big.

• 22:49Speaker 06

  Is there an innovative mountaineering company named Red Square?

• 22:52Speaker 05

  No, but I just was thinking, surely there's another company out there that combines a color with a shape.

• 22:59Speaker 03

  This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world.

• 23:13Speaker 03

  Solomon, do you have this right?

• 23:15Speaker 04

  I definitely do not. I just chose a color and a shape.

• 23:20Speaker 03

  Could work.

• 23:21Speaker 05

  I hope it's not Red Square.

• 23:24Speaker 03

  I know Red Scare.

• 23:27Speaker 06

  Oh, no, nevermind.

• 23:29Speaker 05

  Oh, yeah, too much talking and it popped into people's heads.

• 23:34Speaker 03

  And Solomon is in the running. Maybe this will be

• 23:36Speaker 04

  I don't, I don't think so, but

• 23:37Speaker 03

  A difference maker for him.

• 23:41Speaker 03

  You guys have been just rifling through my tiebreakers lately, and we're on pace to get today again with another overtime round.

• 23:50Speaker 06

  Pick a shape, Max.

• 23:52Speaker 03

  Does he have a color?

• 23:53Speaker 06

  He's got a color.

• 23:54Speaker 03

  This brand, whose name combines a color with a shape, claims to make the most innovative mountain equipment in the world. Steve looked at these questions before the show. He did not think he would get this one right.

• 24:07Speaker 06

  Is that right?

• 24:07Speaker 04

  Yeah, I don't

• 24:08Speaker 03

  I was surprised as well.

• 24:09Speaker 05

  How odd.

• 24:11Speaker 06

  Keep that hidden, man. He doesn't have an answer yet.

• 24:14Speaker 04

  No.

• 24:16Speaker 03

  Max, Nate, John, we're waiting on you three.

• 24:22Speaker 03

  Okay, now we're waiting on Nate and John.

• 24:24Speaker 05

  John, what are the storeboys gonna say?

• 24:26Speaker 07

  Oh, this is gonna be a rough one.

• 24:28Speaker 06

  Alright, let's wrap this.

• 24:29Speaker 04

  It's always a rough one.

• 24:30Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying Black Diamond. Nate says Black Orvis.

• 24:38Speaker 05

  Ovis.

• 24:39Speaker 03

  Ovis. Uh, Randall, Black Diamond. John without an answer. Max, Black Circle. Brody, Black Diamond. The correct answer is Black Diamond. Yvonne Chenard created Chenard Equipment in the 1950s, which specialized in climbing gear. The company went bankrupt in 1989, then was purchased by a group of investors and turned it into Black Diamond. Today, the brand is best known for their outdoor apparel, trekking poles, backpacks, tents, and headlamps.

• 25:08Speaker 04

  I was thinking of like, basic shapes. Circle, square, triangle.

• 25:13Speaker 06

  I just bought this here Black Diamond carabiner for my keys. Like, seven bucks.

• 25:18Speaker 03

  I imagine, uh, most folks in this room have operated one of their headlamps.

• 25:21Speaker 04

  Yeah, we had the headlamps.

• 25:24Speaker 03

  Question seven. The topic is public lands. What is Canada's most visited national park?

• 25:34Speaker 04

  National park?

• 25:38Speaker 03

  Nate, and Brody, and Randall, and John, all confident. What is Canada's most visited national park? Again, this is question seven.

• 25:51Speaker 05

  Hmm. I only know one.

• 25:53Speaker 03

  Okay. You think it could be the one?

• 25:57Speaker 05

  Well, apparently.

• 25:58Speaker 03

  Have you been there?

• 25:59Speaker 05

  Nope. It's on the list.

• 26:01Speaker 06

  Close enough, Max.

• 26:03Speaker 04

  I spelled it wrong.

• 26:04Speaker 03

  Boy, now I'm... What is Canada's most visited national park? Randall, if you have this right, have you been to this place?

• 26:13Speaker 04

  There it is.

• 26:14Speaker 06

  Well, I'm second guessing my answer now.

• 26:17Speaker 05

  Yeah, based on the spelling. Either Max is... Really bad at spelling.

• 26:20Speaker 04

  I just sometimes I just get stressed out and just can't spell.

• 26:25Speaker 04

  You know, just nervous, just.

• 26:27Speaker 03

  Randall having some second thoughts.

• 26:29Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 26:30Speaker 03

  Maybe, but he hasn't picked up his whiteboard or marker.

• 26:32Speaker 05

  No, if if the the other answer that I'm thinking of is that if that's the actual answer, then it's gonna be a zero percenter. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

• 26:42Speaker 03

  Okay, Nate.

• 26:42Speaker 05

  Ooh.

• 26:43Speaker 06

  Oh.

• 26:44Speaker 03

  What is Canada's most visited national park? We're gonna flip over our whiteboards after Nate is done with his newest answer. Hmm, go ahead and reveal your answers.

• 26:54Speaker 04

  I do not.

• 26:56Speaker 03

  We have Solomon without an answer, Nate says Niagara Falls.

• 26:59Speaker 05

  That's a good one.

• 26:59Speaker 03

  Randall says Banff, John Banff, Max and Brody say Banff. They got it, the correct answer is.

• 27:07Speaker 05

  Sorry, did I make you say that? No, I had Jasper, so.

• 27:10Speaker 03

  Oh, well, it touches it, so that's close. Banff is located west of Calgary and at 1.6 million acres, it's about the size of Everglades National Park. It had 4.3 million visitors last year, which would make it the fifth most visited national park in the United States. The park used to have woodland caribou, but the last five were crushed by an avalanche in 2009.

• 27:34Speaker 06

  I'd like to know if most, like, the majority of those visitors are from the US.

• 27:41Speaker 05

  Are we sure, is Niagara Falls not in Canada?

• 27:44Speaker 03

  Uh, it also has to be a national park, right?

• 27:46Speaker 06

  It straddles the border.

• 27:47Speaker 05

  It's not a national park.

• 27:49Speaker 03

  No, not on the the American side.

• 27:51Speaker 05

  What about the Ca- Canadian side?

• 27:53Speaker 03

  I don't know, Nate, you're not gonna win this argument.

• 27:59Speaker 03

  Question eight, the topic is cooking. This next great question is via Leland Hart. Chemist Ernest Wright.

• 28:07Speaker 06

  That sounds like a, uh, a soap opera name.

• 28:10Speaker 05

  He's in, he's in the Radio Live chat every.

• 28:12Speaker 03

  And he writes a lot of questions. Uh, chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid, which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser.

• 28:27Speaker 03

  Chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser. Max loves his answer. Brody and Randall also have answers. Nate has now joined them. Solomon, do you have this one right?

• 28:45Speaker 04

  I don't think so, but it fits the category.

• 28:48Speaker 03

  Does your lab have a condenser in it?

• 28:50Speaker 04

  I, no, I don't think so. We've got a dryer. We have a drying oven. We're pretty low tech.

• 28:55Speaker 03

  Doing the opposite.

• 28:56Speaker 04

  Yeah, yeah.

• 28:57Speaker 03

  Chemist Ernest Wright invented this fluid which is used on meats and in cocktails by burning hickory wood under a condenser. You cheating over there? No. Are you researching? I'm researching.

• 29:09Speaker 05

  Did that gorilla get a hold of your phone?

• 29:11Speaker 06

  You know, Phil says you're not supposed to have those on while there's podcasts.

• 29:16Speaker 05

  It's just, it's just on wifi.

• 29:18Speaker 06

  Can I be honest? Cause she's not in the room. It's mostly Corinne's phone. It's the same thing. You know how whenever Corinne's dogs go crazy? We get an email from, for the whole company, but it's, you know, we know it's about Corinne's dog. Maybe we should outlaw, um, Corinne's phone like we outlawed our dogs.

• 29:34Speaker 05

  Niagara's not a national park in Canada.

• 29:36Speaker 03

  Thank you.

• 29:37Speaker 05

  Are they outlawed?

• 29:38Speaker 03

  I haven't seen them since that email. Is everybody ready? She's also been gone.

• 29:43Speaker 06

  Love you, Corinne.

• 29:44Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon saying simple syrup. Nate says bitters. Catch up, Nate. Randall, liquid smoke. John, without an answer. Max and Brody say liquid smoke. They got it. The correct answer is liquid smoke. Liquid smoke is created by collecting droplets of condensation that are formed after burning sawdust. There is some disagreement on how safe it is to consume, but most scientists say that it's totally fine in small quantities. Liquid smoke is a common ingredient in marinades, soups, condiments, desserts, and old fashions.

• 30:20Speaker 04

  And bear baiting.

• 30:21Speaker 06

  Really?

• 30:22Speaker 04

  Yeah. The two bear hunts I've filmed, both of them have used bear-

• 30:26Speaker 06

  Just cause it's so powerful.

• 30:28Speaker 04

  It's powerful, but they, then like all the other little critters that come into the bear bait, um, they say they, they track that scent all the way out with them.

• 30:38Speaker 03

  Oh, I like that.

• 30:40Speaker 04

  Yeah, liquid smoke.

• 30:41Speaker 05

  Most scientists say it's totally fine.

• 30:45Speaker 03

  Uh, yeah, when you Google it, you'll find a few folks that disagree. Uh, some people say it's worse than smoking itself.

• 30:52Speaker 05

  Really?

• 30:52Speaker 03

  Well, I said some folks.

• 30:54Speaker 05

  I'd like to find that guy.

• 30:56Speaker 03

  We got two questions left.

• 30:57Speaker 05

  Do my annual physical.

• 30:58Speaker 03

  Bill gives us a scoreboard update.

• 31:00Speaker 04

  Oh, catching up Nate, you feel it?

• 31:03Speaker 05

  Happens every time.

• 31:04Speaker 06

  Uh, let's see, well, John, Max, Solomon and Nate can no longer catch up to win the game. But Randall has seven points and Brody has eight going into the last two questions.

• 31:17Speaker 03

  Brody with the perfect game. Question nine, the topic is hunting. This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says is, quote, "The best spot to shoot a deer."

• 31:34Speaker 03

  This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says is "The best spot to shoot a deer." Brody, Max, Nate, all quick to answer. Not Randall, though. If he were to get this wrong and Brody gets this right, the game would be over.

• 31:51Speaker 06

  I feel like Randall's just toying with us.

• 31:54Speaker 05

  More of a headshot man.

• 31:56Speaker 03

  This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says "Is the best spot to shoot a deer."

• 32:05Speaker 05

  I was reading this incorrectly.

• 32:07Speaker 03

  Hmm, you got it now, though.

• 32:09Speaker 05

  I hope so.

• 32:10Speaker 03

  Okay.

• 32:11Speaker 05

  I've come up with a whole host of other answers. Or the place you can shoot a deer.

• 32:16Speaker 03

  So.

• 32:18Speaker 06

  The boudoir.

• 32:20Speaker 04

  Just take it literally, shooting a deer in a building, but, you know.

• 32:24Speaker 03

  All right. John, how we doing down there?

• 32:26Speaker 05

  Not good. It's like I'm trying to like think of like how many ways you like this can be interpreted. And I'm trying to pick the right one.

• 32:33Speaker 03

  This is the place in a building that generates steam and hot water, which Outdoor Life says "Is the best spot to shoot a deer."

• 32:40Speaker 04

  I think I got it, so yeah.

• 32:42Speaker 03

  Okay.

• 32:43Speaker 04

  I think you're overthinking it.

• 32:45Speaker 03

  This may be a 100 percenter.

• 32:47Speaker 04

  I hope I got it anyways.

• 32:50Speaker 03

  Soon as John is done writing.

• 32:52Speaker 05

  No, it's, it's not, I, I don't know.

• 32:55Speaker 03

  Go ahead and reveal your answers. We have Solomon and Nate and Randall saying boiler room.

• 33:03Speaker 05

  I don't know.

• 33:05Speaker 03

  John says restroom.

• 33:06Speaker 05

  Cause that's where my mind went, like where would you? You choose to shoot a deer like out the window. Texas heart shot.

• 33:11Speaker 06

  Yeah, that's.

• 33:12Speaker 03

  Max and Brody say Boiler Room. That is correct. It's Boiler Room. The Boiler Room refers to a deer's vitals where the heart meets the lungs. An arrow or bullet placed here will quickly kill the deer with minimal meat loss. Aiming here also allows for the greatest margin of error, especially when the deer is broadside or quartering away. All right, here's a correct answer review so far. One was Missouri, two Cleaver, three Buffalo, four Yogi, five Jane Goodall, six Black Diamond, seven Banff National Park, eight Liquid Smoke, nine Boiler Room. Phil, let's do one more scoreboard update before question 10.

• 33:53Speaker 06

  It's looking pretty good for Brody, who still has a perfect game and nine points. But if he slips up on question 10, Randall has a chance to catch up and tie.

• 34:01Speaker 03

  Question 10. The topic is conservation. This is our listener question of the week, which was won by Christina Scott for sending this great question. Christina is going to get a board game signed by the crew. If you want a chance to win our listener question of the week, then send your question to [email protected]. This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list.

• 34:32Speaker 03

  This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list for how specific you need to be. If you thought the answer was rainbow trout, you could just write down trout.

• 34:46Speaker 06

  Nice.

• 34:47Speaker 03

  I'm gonna put an actual mammal down, actually, so.

• 34:50Speaker 06

  Let me see, let me see.

• 34:52Speaker 03

  Brody does not have an answer yet. As a reminder, if he gets this right, not only does he win the game, but we will double the donation to $1,000 today.

• 35:01Speaker 05

  Nate, I'm gonna give you a hint. Read all of the words in the question.

• 35:07Speaker 03

  Reminder, Brody is still in it. Dude.

• 35:11Speaker 05

  There's a word in the question.

• 35:13Speaker 03

  Yeah. This animal, which is crucial to agave and saguaro cacti, is the only mammal on the USDA's very important pollinator list.

• 35:24Speaker 04

  What am I missing, Randall?

• 35:26Speaker 05

  There's a word in there.

• 35:28Speaker 03

  Did Nate maybe not have a mammal written?

• 35:31Speaker 05

  No, you're right.

• 35:32Speaker 03

  That's correct. Is everybody ready?

• 35:35Speaker 04

  I had a.

• 35:36Speaker 03

  Again, if Brody gets this right, we will have a $1,000 donation today and I think our second perfect game of 2025. Brody? Is everybody ready? Oh, you know, I know what it is now. Hmm, you could change your answer, Nate. No, no, no. It's okay. Integrousness.

• 35:53Speaker 04

  What did you just say?

• 35:56Speaker 03

  Maxwell? Uh, yeah, I'm good. I'm out anyway, so. Go ahead and reveal your answers with Solomon saying a bat. Yeah. Nate, hummingbird, Randall, bat, John and Max, without an answer, Brody says bat. The correct answer is bat, meaning Brody got that right and has the perfect game. The two most important bat species for pollination in North America are the lesser long-nosed bat and Mexican long-tongued bat. Bats pollinate 528 plant species worldwide, including dragon fruit, bananas, mangoes, coconuts and avocados. You should actually cheers a bat every time you have a margarita because bat, because agave makes tequila and bats make agave.

• 36:41Speaker 05

  And tequila makes your clothes fall off, as we all know.

• 36:44Speaker 03

  Very good. That is wise words from Luke Bryan.

• 36:49Speaker 03

  All right, Brody, what are we doing with the $1,000 donation today?

• 36:53Speaker 06

  Solomon, what is it? Native fish for tomorrow?

• 36:56Speaker 04

  Native fish for tomorrow.

• 36:57Speaker 06

  Yeah, let's do those guys.

• 36:58Speaker 04

  All right, awesome.

• 36:59Speaker 03

  Oh, what do we like about them? What is that $1,000 going to do, Solomon?

• 37:02Speaker 06

  Expert explain.

• 37:03Speaker 04

  I mean, they do a bunch of outreach activities, just promoting native fish. They also, you know, submit comments when it comes to DNR about, you know, what are we going to do? What are some, you know, potential regulations? But again, it's really just promoting. To the public, whether it's taking kids out fishing, putting together those types of activities. So I think it fits well. So a lot of those guys are good friends of mine too. So appreciate it.

• 37:25Speaker 03

  There you go. And Solomon had a strong showing today. Seven correct answers. He thought he was going to get one before we started recording.

• 37:33Speaker 05

  And Randall had a perfect game, except for one question about real estate prices. Which might as well be, what song am I thinking of?

• 37:41Speaker 03

  Well done, Brody. Thousand dollars going to one more time. What's it called?

• 37:46Speaker 04

  Native Fish for Tomorrow.

• 37:47Speaker 03

  Native Fish for Tomorrow. Join us next week for more Meat Eater trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins.

• 37:53Speaker 04

  Thanks Spencer. Thanks Spencer. Great questions.

• 37:55Speaker 07

  Yeah, Spencer from South Dakota. He's the host. Using those smooth mellow tones, he lays them questions down.

• 38:10Speaker 07

  And he likes taking those two and three year old bucks.

• 38:14Speaker 07

  And he's an avid amateur.

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